The latest bowl projections from CBS Sports has the Spartans sitting at home again this holiday season. Last week, On3 took a look at the most recent bowl projections from CBS Sports, and unfortunately, Michigan State was not included. As we sit in late June, Michigan State was not included in the latest batch of bowl projections on CBS Sports. …

While college football news is hard to come by in the early summer months, recruiting season is just starting to heat up for the 2026 class. Prospects around the country were busy with official visits in May and June and, now that that period has ended, many are shifting into decision mode before the fall season starts.  More and more …

WATCH: ESPN’s Heather Dinich on House Settlement ramifications ESPN college football insider Heather Dinich joins On Second Thought to discuss how the newly passed House Settlement will affect college athletics. This decision follows an unpredictable season where Arizona State, projected last, won the championship.Several national publications continue to release their own preseason rankings, with varying projections for ASU’s performance. Football …

When you are hot, you are hot, and Notre Dame football recruiting is certainly hot. The Irish have added multiple prospects to its 2026 recruiting class, and have now started its journey with the 2027 cycle. Long snapper Sean Kraft was the first recruit to verbal to Notre Dame, but the first position player to make his pledge to the …

Phil Steele, the magazine publisher long considered one of the definitive voices in college football prognostication, released his predicted SEC standings over the weekend. Oklahoma looks to be in good shape. The Sooners were tabbed to finish in a tie for fourth in the Southeastern Conference, Steele projected, alongside LSU and Texas A&M. OU finished the 2024 in a tie …

Michigan football: 2025 schedule and key games Michigan football’s schedule and key games for the 2025 season. Michigan football recruiting surged in late June, adding nine commits in two weeks, including four-star defensive back Andre Clarke.Clarke, a top-200 player nationally, chose Michigan over Kentucky and other major programs. After a relatively slow start to the month, Michigan football finished its …

On July 24, Michigan football’s contingent will take center stage at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada, as the new iteration of Big Ten media days takes place out West for the first time. And now we know who will be representing the maize and blue. Of course, head coach Sherrone Moore will be in attendance, but the yearly question …

Texas State is set to join the Pac-12 Conference on July 1, 2026, the school and league announced in a joint statement on Monday. The move gives the league the eight required football-playing members to continue as an FBS conference. For Texas State, it continues an upward trajectory that started when the program transitioned from the FCS in 2012.  The …

The Pac-12 has found its eighth football member. Texas State will join the conference ahead of the 2026 football season as the Pac-12 continues to rebuild following its mass defections in the summer of 2024. Advertisement The conference made the move official on Monday morning. “We are extremely excited to welcome Texas State as a foundational member of the new …

Who is Mississippi’s top player entering the 2025 high school football season? MHSAA and MAIS football fans can decide which high school senior is the best in the state. Now it’s your turn to vote. Fans may vote in the poll BELOW one time per hour per device. The poll closes at noon on Friday. The nominees come from the Clarion Ledger’s top …

The attorneys representing BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff and the woman who accused him of sexual assault filed a joint motion to dismiss the civil suit against Retzlaff on Monday, according to ESPN. While this does bring closure for the two parties in the case, it does not clear the way for Retzlaff to immediately return to the field for the …

Arthur Lewis IV  |  Special to the USA Today Network Jaguars Prep girls flag football camp in Jacksonville: Touchdown video More than 300 youth players from Northeast Florida competed at the Jaguars Prep girls flag football camp, with highlights like this TD. Editor’s note: Bartram Trail rising senior running back Arthur Lewis IV has written the following first-person story to …

The University of Kentucky’s strategy to give it an edge in this unprecedented era of college athletics could spur a horde of copycats — if it is successful.  Ahead of directly paying athletes on July 1, Kentucky decided on an innovative path believed to be the first of its kind in college sports. The school spun off its athletic department …

Duyon Forkpa INDIANAPOLIS – The stars came out for the 2025 Rivals Five-Star event at the Indianapolis Colts’ facility last week. Here we break down the top linebackers from the event. Abrams was outstanding all day, not making highlight plays all the time but being a solid linebacker, covering up running backs, running downfield with receivers during one-on-ones and then …

Shad Powers and Andrew John discuss the 2024 All-Desert Sun team. They break down how we selected players for our team and how we chose our players of the year. We enter the 2025 high school football season in the valley on Aug. 21 with a group of defensive players that may be as good, collectively, as any we’ve had …